IPC Subgroup
C09B 45/42 Copper compounds
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Complex metal compounds of azo dyes > Preparation from compounds with —OH and —COOH adjacent in the same ring or in peri position > Copper compounds
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- ORGANIC DYES OR CLOSELY-RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR PRODUCING DYES; MORDANTS; LAKES
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C09, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG CHEM KR 6,420
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 5,752
- HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 5,650
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 5,635
- DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 4,844
- MERCK PATENT DE 4,779
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 4,311
- FUJIFILM JP 4,205
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 4,039
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 3,931